The government shutdown is set to take a toll on millions of people reliant on food aid benefits if it is not resolved by Nov. 1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food purchasing assistance to low-income people in the country, will reportedly run out of government funding by the end of October if [.].
Category: poverty
Muhammad Seyaar, polish wala
I t is 10am on a Saturday and Muhammad Seyaar, the shoe-shine man, has hardly received any customers. On weekends, the campus of the University of Peshawar is unusually still. The usual buzz of students rushing between lectures, tea stalls steaming with hot tea and parathas and hostel.